Revealing the 10 European Social Innovation Competition finalists

Circuteria – The smart and sustainable Circuteria platform connects all stakeholders along a circular bioeconomy to produce, use and recycle sustainable resources. To this end, we collect market data to create matches between buyers and sellers, and model their transaction potentials in real time to leverage synergy effects along entire supply chains.a

Eco digital manufacturing marketplace – A digital marketplace for 3D printed products made from recycled materials and manufacturing solutions to help organizations reduce waste. The marketplace will be paired with a production facility and will act as a crowd printing platform. The main purpose will be to create a full circuit for circular economy products made from recycled plastic.

Edumus – Edumus brings 21st-century skills to schools. We engage working professionals in teaching – one grade and one subject at a time, without having them sacrifice their current job. We supplement our offering with a development program for professionals to practice leadership and gain teaching skills.

Forward43 – provides an online marketplace that would host hundreds of thousands of social enterprises across Europe (focus on green innovations) to be matched with existing ‘needs’/‘problems’ facing policy-makers, businesses, other organizations. The platform will be the ‘Uber’ of (green) social enterprises, where demands are placed (challenges) would be ‘matched’ with the most fitting existing ‘social enterprise’.

Shaping Horizons – Shaping Horizons creates innovation programmes for education. Our research-inspired methodology allows young participants from different countries to learn by building impact-driven social projects, while our corporate partners upskill their employees as well as get access to talent and solutions. We are committed to building a social innovation ecosystem beyond countries.

SkillLab – SkillLab develops a mobile solution that helps people to identify and express their skills. On the basis of a detailed skill-profile, individual pathways are shown by mapping skills to occupations and to training offerings that address skill-gaps. The solution is designed to enhance existing employment and training services and builds on ESCO.

Snowball Effect – Snowball Effect is the first school supporting aspiring social entrepreneurs to replicate proven social enterprises in their region. Our participants learn directly from the initial founders of successful social enterprises to replicate their concept. The solutions to cope with today’s challenges exist, it’s high time to spread them!

Summitto – Summitto helps to digitalise tax authorities and value added tax in business-friendly ways, while upskilling their employees, fighting fraud and increasing revenue.

Happening from ViiVids® (multi-Vantage-Videos) – If a picture tells a thousand words and video a thousand picture… imagine what we could do with a thousand videos. Like Google street view, but with video; Our ViiVids® let you watch events from any perspective in one immersive navigable experience. Making user generated video content more collaborative, immersive, and verifiable.

Zekki – What´s up? – Zekki is a digital service matching young people and diverse support services based on the online wellbeing self-assessment quiz. This digital service gives tools for young people to ponder their own well-being, future, preferences, tomorrows choices and own tracks. It also gives guidance and leads to appropriate support when needed.